Voting rights groups are terrified — and they say most of the country has no idea what's coming. A single Supreme Court decision could quietly rewrite the rules of American democracy, locking in power for years. Behind closed doors, strategists are already gaming out the fallout. Nineteen districts. The House majority. ‘Communities silenced. This isnt speculation
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court is weighing whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will still meaningfully protect minority voters from being sliced apart or packed into districts that dilute their power. For decades, that provision has been the legal backbone for challenging unfair maps. If the justices narrow it o gut it entirely, Republican-controlied legislatures could move swiftly redrawing as many as 19 districts in their favor ‘and potentially locking in a durable House majority even when they win fewer overall votes.
The consequences would fall heaviest on Black and brown communities across the South, where new maps could erase hard-fought gains in representation. Advocates are pushing voters, lawmakers, and the Justice Department to prepare now: fund litigati ‘map-drawing process. The ruling will ng: is still willing to hear.
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